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The first of three unrelated [[Game Show|Game Shows]] with this name was from Wolf Productions, debuting on Mutual radio on October 20, 1945. Contestants chosen from the [[Studio Audience]] answered questions of increasing value, with those who reached $500 without missing two questions having the chance to answer one more question to break the Bank.
Originally without a permanent host, Bert Parks took the reins permanently in 1946. The television version debuted on the then-new [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] on October 22, 1948 and proceeded to [[Channel Hop]] among ABC, [[NBC]], and [[CBS]]. The radio version also hopped around, becoming a daily series from 1950 until its end in 1955.
When the show returned to NBC for its final television season, the show became ''Break The $250,000 Bank''...but nobody ever broke the Bank during that period, and the show was canned on January 15, 1957.
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* [[All or Nothing]]: Pretty much the point of the show.
* [[Bonus Round]]: The question for the Bank.
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* [[Unexpectedly Obscure Answer]]: The most likely reason why no six-digit, let alone top-prize, wins happened during the ''$250,000'' era.
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* [[Channel Hop]]: Oh, jeez, did it ever.
** ''Bank'' originally aired on ABC from October 22, 1948 to September 23, 1949. On October 5, the show moved to NBC and ran until January 9, 1952. On January 13, ''Bank'' moved to CBS until February 1, 1953.
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** On October 9, ''Bank'' beefed-up its top prize to $250,000 and moved to NBC. The show continually failed to give away the stated top prize (or even any six-digit figures) and eventually folded, this time for good, on January 15, 1957.
** The radio series began on Mutual, ending on April 13, 1946. The show moved to ABC from July 5 of that year until September 23, 1949, then to NBC from October 5, 1949 to 1951. ''Bank'' went back to ABC from 1951-53, then ''again'' to NBC from 1953-55. For the final year (1954-55), the show was simulcast on Mutual.
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* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Bud Collyer would later go on to host several other game shows, including ''[[Beat the Clock]]''.
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: Only four episodes are known to exist, and only two circulate among collectors; the circulating episodes have the Bank broken for $1,300 and $3,400.
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